Good afternoon,
In fact Cleaner shrimp or any other Lysmata species I´m aware of are not capable of holding sperm.
As said before, they can be simultaneous hermaphrodites both presenting eggs at the same.
One thing I can tell you is that it is possible to rear them (before 6 months of larval...
Hello,
It is difficult to raise but not impossible. I would say that there is something missing in the rearing protocol that can trigger the final molt.
The difficulty is doing these shrimp in large scale aquaculture. Doing a small batch is not impossible at all.
We have been able to rear a...
Hello,
The L. amboinensis larvae has several zoe (stages - at least 14) that can last up to 3 months before the final molt (when they settle and become a small shrimp).
The first stage is about 600 microns and has the eyes close to the head.
The second stage (zoe) splits the eyes and they...
